NODES Training for Agro-Industry Companies

On June 6 at 5:00 PM, at the Fondazione Riccagioia, the University of Pavia will present its 2024/2025 courses for personnel working in the agro-industry, offered as part of the NODES Spoke 6 "Primary Agro-Industry" project.During the event, Professor Hermes Giberti will introduce the training pathways for companies provided by the University of Pavia, followed by Professor Daniela Rossi, who will present the course "Plant Extracts and Health," which took place in February 2024.

The following three courses, offered by the University of Pavia in collaboration with the Fondazione Riccagioia, will also be presented:

• "Agritech Training: Precision Viticulture" (July 2024): This course will provide participants with specialized knowledge to monitor and manage vineyards accurately using advanced technologies, optimizing resource use, improving harvest quality, and reducing waste.
• "Technologies for Sustainability" (September 2024): Participants will acquire skills in the use of remote sensing data, geospatial analysis, and other innovative solutions to optimize land management, improve crop quality, and reduce environmental impacts.
• "Satellite Farmer" (February 2025): This course will support farmers in large-scale crop monitoring and timely identification of issues such as water stress, plant diseases, and nutrient deficiencies through the use of detailed geospatial data and high-resolution satellite images.

Speakers will include a representative group of instructors from IBF, TIM, and Bayer.

Following this, Professor Graziano Rossi's team will present the course "Frontier Olive Growing and Other Alternative Herbaceous Crops in Non-Mediterranean Climate Areas," starting in October 2024, and will guide a visit to the alternative crops planted at the Riccagioia estate as part of the flagship project VINO.

A refreshment will follow.

Please kindly register by Wednesday, May 29, at this link.